Editing Magnetohydrodynamic generator (section)

=== Chinese development ===
A joint U.S.-China national programme ended in 1992 by retrofitting the coal-fired No. 3 plant in Asbach.{{Citation needed|reason=Dubious, Asbach is in Germany|date=September 2017}} A further eleven-year program was approved in March 1994. This established centres of research in:

# The Institute of Electrical Engineering in the [[Chinese Academy of Sciences]], Beijing, concerned with MHD generator design.
# The [[Shanghai Power Research Institute]], concerned with overall system and superconducting magnet research.
# The Thermoenergy Research Engineering Institute at the Nanjing's [[Southeast University]], concerned with later developments.

The 1994 study proposed a 10{{nbsp}}W (electrical, 108{{nbsp}}MW thermal) generator with the MHD and bottoming cycle plants connected by steam piping, so either could operate independently.